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American Gasser Hot Rod Shop

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American Gasser Hot Rod Shop

Award winning full service hot rod shop that excels in design, fabrication, restoration, paint and performance upgrades!

The Gassers are quite simply one of the earliest modified cars which held a categorized class at drag racing events. These cars ranged from daily driven cars to drag race only cars supercharger equipped. The original gasser body styles selected became popular on the race track simply due to their availability or inversely for their unpopularity at Saturday night cruise events or as a household fam

ily car. As the cars became popular, the sport as a whole grew. Match races were held nearly every day of the week all over the country with ‘big names’ scheduled for appearances. The Gasser craze helped guide the sport to sponsorship through the incorporation of engine component manufacturers selecting teams to use and promote their speed equipment. In summary, these short wheel based cars with high horsepower and ground shaking wheelstanding launches established drag racing legacy with near out of control ¼ mile full throttle passes. This article touches briefly what the early gasser days represented without going into detail on specific gasser legends and all of their colored history. Much of that is found on many other website and captured in books.

06/12/2026

Beautiful day for a car show! Out at Garber Buick for the Twilight Cruise! Lots of cool stuff to see so stop by and check it all out!

05/28/2026

Another cool ride on the road. Pete came in from Maryland and drove his Willys gasser over 600 miles back home! Talk about livin the dream!

05/25/2026

Thank you to all those who serve our country, but today especially to those who have given their lives for our freedom. Without that freedom we all wouldn’t be able to enjoy this life that we do. The American Gasser shop will be closed today to honor those brave men and women. Tomorrow we will be back to help with all your hotrod needs. Until then be safe and have a great Memorial Day. 🇺🇸

05/09/2026

All set up for the Mustang Club of Mid-Michigan car show at Birch Run Speedway! If you’re looking for something fun to do today be sure to stop by!

04/19/2026

Another classic getting ready to hit the road! Our friend and customer Pete always dreamed of having a Willys Gasser. But not just any fiberglass replica would do, he wanted something special. 100% steel. So he spent roughly 40 years collecting parts and pieces in hopes to one day drive his dream car.

Pete’s goal wasn’t to have some super prefect show car with flashy paint, or a monstrous, high horsepower racecar. He wanted a car that could drive cross country and back, rain or shine!

Aside from the solid original front sheet metal, the car overall was in pretty rough shape. The body needed some serious rust repair to make the car road worthy, along with some custom fabrication to fit the new chassis and drivetrain. Once all the metalwork and rust repair was completed the body was sealed inside, outside, and underneath to keep everything protected from the elements.

Powering this gasser is an old school 331ci DeSoto Hemi, topped with a Carter carburetor and backed by a cruising-friendly GM 700R4 transmission. Be Cool, Inc. built a custom cooling module to keep the Hemi running cool, and a Vintage Air system was installed to cool the passengers. The new chassis is fitted with a Ford 9in rear axle, Wilwood Disc Brakes brakes, and plenty of parts from Speedway Motors. Other cool parts include a IDIDIT steering column, AutoMeter Products, Inc. gauges, and an American Autowire harness.

As the project has been coming closer to completion Pete got to take the car to Autorama - World of Wheels - Cavalcade of Customs Detroit Autorama, where it was part of the Autorama Extreme show in the basement, where the car received some great reaction and Pete got to enjoy a great weekend hanging out and sharing his story.

Any good project is never done, and the Willys is no exception. Pete wants have his own hand in the build and plans to do more to the car once he gets it home, including finishing the interior and building a custom trailer to pull on cross country road trips (yes, the car even has a trailer hitch!)

Shoutout to Pete and his ALL STEEL 1940 Willys Gasser. We hope he enjoys driving it as much as we enjoyed putting it together!

04/06/2026

Bob’s 62 Corvette stylin under the Autorama lights 😎

03/25/2026

Sent this sweet 68 Charger back home today! Just came in for a few things and now this original owner Mopar is ready for a summer of cruisin 😎

03/02/2026

What a great weekend at the Detroit Autorama! Lots of positive responses and even brought home some hardware. Leonard’s 55 Chevy truck took 1st in its class and Bob’s 62 Corvette placed 2nd. Thanks to our great customers and a big thank you to our entire team for putting in some serious work to make these builds happen!

02/27/2026

All set up for Detroit Autorama! Excited to have the 55 Chevy truck on display, along with our newest build, Bob’s 62 Corvette. Lots of cool rides to check out at the show, Friday-Sunday at Huntington Place (Cobo Hall).

02/26/2026

Rolling out for Autorama 2026! Ready for a great weekend.

Address

8175 Gratiot Road
Saginaw, MI
48609

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	7am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	7am - 5:30pm
Thursday	7am - 5:30pm
Friday	8am - 12pm

Telephone

+19893411030

Website

http://www.americangasser.com/

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